Bobby Mackey loves classic country music. When he buys an old nightclub, in Wilder, Kentucky, (near Cincinnati) he hopes to turn it into a dance hall that features the kind of music close to his heart. He dismisses his wife's fears that there is something indefinably wrong about the building. He also dismisses the similar fears of his new handyman, who worked there when it was a rock and roll nightclub and who blames the building itself on the unusual number of murders that took place in it. Mackey is forced to take the ghost stories more seriously when his wife claims that her fall downstairs, which resulted in her going into premature labor, was no accident. A ghost pushed her. Later, his handyman discovers a slaughterhouse well in the basement that frightens him unaccountably and seems to be the reason for his eventual erratic and menacing behavior. Meanwhile, Mackey's writer friend, Doug Hensley, learns of the building's wicked past. Written by J. Spurlin

In the Hudson Valley of Upstate New York, Marie is a single mother who struggles to care for her three children, particularly Julie, whose birth defect prevents her from walking or talking. For the three years she has lived in her current house, Julie has interacted with invisible friends. Marie assumes they are angels. Eventually she meets a man whose company she enjoys and she invites him to her home to meet the children. His name is Chris and he has an ability to sense spirits. He senses something is wrong the moment he steps in the house. Soon, the family sees the ghost of a blonde boy. Chris and Marie try to learn about him and the other spirits in the house through a Ouija board, which proves to be a disastrous mistake. Later, a demonologist is the only person who can give the family answers when Julie shows signs of demonic possession. Written by J. Spurlin

Jan Foster is a courier in Kentucky who lives a peaceful life with her husband Dale, her preschool-age son Cody and her teenage daughter. The peace is shattered when her nanny reports that Cody is using obscene language and behaving in an unusually aggressive manner. Cody's sudden misbehavior occurs just after he meets an invisible friend on the playground. Jan believes this friend, whom Cody calls Man, is no figment of her son's imagination, but a real entity. At first Cody's description of Man leads her to think he is the ghost of a murdered boy. Man eventually proves to be something much worse: a cackling demon who persuades Cody to urinate in his closet and attempt to kill his sister's cat. To fight this supernatural threat, Jan turns to her good friend, a shaman, whose knowledge of ancient rituals are Jan's and Cody's only hope. Written by J. Spurlin

Tony and Deb Pickman are a young couple with a new baby living in a beautiful old home in Atchison, Kansas. A month after they move in, strange things begin happening. The TV turns on by itself. They put it down to faulty wiring. The baby's stuffed toys are suddenly arranged in a circle on the floor. They believe Tony's prankster brother came in and did it. Soon, however, stranger incidents occur that cannot be explained rationally. A teddy bear catches fire. Tony receives bloody fingernail scratches on his back that come from something unseen. A psychic reveals that the ghosts of a young girl and an older woman are living in the house. Later, the paranormal investigator Peter James confirms this report. While Deb is fascinated and curious, Tony is terrified. She believes the ghosts are harmless. Tony believes they are evil and that they are infecting his mind and putting thoughts of violence into his head. Written by J. Spurlin

Dennis Bishop gets a promotion that means he'll have to move to Taiwan with his wife and two adolescent daughters. The job comes with a company house: a beautiful, isolated mansion on a hill. His wife, Candace, gets a bad feeling about the place right away. But after a futile search for something better, the foursome ends up moving to this lovely, but unsettling, house. Soon, the family has a run-in with a dangerous spider. When the rainy season comes, the house leaks and makes it impossible to turn the lights on and off without getting an electrical shock. These natural troubles, however, are nothing compared to the supernatural ones that plague the family. The front door opens and closes by itself. Whispers are heard when no one else is about. Finally, a Taoist priest visits and informs the family that the house is infested with what the Chinese call hungry ghosts and that whoever built it wanted to terrorize its occupants. Written by J. Spurlin

In Connecticut, Arne Johnson and Debbie Glatzel are a young couple eager to start their new life together in a rental house. They bring Debbie's young brother, David, over to help them clean it. But after spending a brief time in the bedroom sweeping, the boy runs out of the house in fear. He claims there is an old man in the bedroom. Later, when they are all back at the home of Debbie's mother, where Debbie and Arne are living temporarily, David claims that the old man has followed him there. No one believes him, but soon paranormal occurrences in the house convince them that David is telling the truth. It becomes clear that the old man is really a demon. At first he physically attacks David. Then he takes possession of the boy. The family calls in the paranormal researchers, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to investigate. They in turn call in a priest to perform an exorcism. Written by J. Spurlin

Lisa Wilson is a single mother who has just broken up with the boyfriend, Dan. She has two girls, eight and ten years old. After Dan moves out, Lisa finds that he left something: a picture of his brother, Michael, just before he was killed in the Vietnam War. Lisa is fascinated by the picture of Michael and decides to have it blown up and framed as a 40th-birthday gift for Dan. She is mortified when Dan silently refuses the gift. Later, he explains that his brother is a sore subject with his family and they refuse to mention him. Lisa is now stuck with the picture, and her fascination becomes an obsession. Lisa's sister, Carol, tries to help her break the obsession, but there is something supernatural behind it. Micheal is appearing to Lisa and the girls at night. Eventually, Lisa realizes that Michael is protecting the family from a second spirit who wants Lisa dead. Written by J. Spurlin

In Maryland, a family of five moves into a new home whose ghostly phenomena eventually tear them apart. Young Billy Bean is attacked in his bed. So is his older sister, who at the age of 16 gets married as a means of escaping the house. The father, who refuses to believe in the paranormal, changes from a loving dad to a surly drunkard and eventually abandons the family. The mother is half-strangled in her bed by the spirit of a man with horrible facial scars. Later, she finds a new man in her life, who sees the ghost of a blonde woman in a nightgown as he fixes up the house. A priest is called in to bless the house, but the ghostly activity only grows worse. Written by J. Spurlin

In Hinsdale, New York, Clara Dandy and her husband, Phil, find a beautiful old house surrounded by acres of forest - just the thing for escaping the hectic life of the city. They love it, and so do their teenage children - 13-year-old Tina and 14-year-old Mike. The one disturbing thing about it is the crawlspace. There's something creepy about it. And why does it have a fireplace? Clara's brother is the first person to make an eerie discovery: dead bees all over the house. Later, Mike and his friends encounter the gun-toting ghost of a teenage boy in the forest. Tina sees the ghost of a girl with stringy hair in her room. Clara hears Gregorian chants that come from nowhere. Soon, the family calls in a priest, who in turn enlists the help of a psychic. The latter discovers the terrible secret of the crawlspace. Written by J. Spurlin

In Deltona, Florida - halfway between Orlando and Daytona Beach - the Dunham family finds a nice house for much cheaper than they might have expected. The odd thing is that the previous owner seemed to have left suddenly. There's spoiled food in the refrigerator. There's even a plate of half-eaten food right on the kitchen table. He left all his belongings. Why the sudden exit? Still, the house seems perfect for their growing family. They have a baby daughter, Emily; and there's another child on the way. Edd has a 12-year-old son from a previous marriage staying on the weekends. The trouble is, the house is haunted. The ghosts of a cigar-smoking man and a glaring old woman appear to them. Cabinet doors that open on their own and other strange happenings disturb their peace. They call in Dusty Smith of the Daytona Beach Paranormal Research Group. Eventually, a surveillance videotape reveals a frightening truth. Written by J. Spurlin